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Horimiya

Also known as: ホリミヤ

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What is Horimiya about?

Horimiya is a TV anime series of 13 episodes animated by CloverWorks, adapted from a manga. It aired from January 10, 2021 to April 4, 2021. AniList classifies it as comedy, romance and slice of life.

A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new?

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Funimation. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: School, Female Protagonist, Family Life, Male Protagonist, Heterosexual, Ensemble Cast, Coming of Age, Primarily Teen Cast, Episodic, Tsundere.

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Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

  • Kyouko Hori 堀京子

    Main character

    Kyouko Hori is one of the main protagonists of Horimiya, along with Izumi Miyamura. She is a student in Class 3-1 of Katagiri Senior High School. Kyouko is mostly a very energetic and popular person who always creates a happy atmosphere around herself.

    Japanese voice: Haruka Tomatsu

  • Izumi Miyamura 宮村伊澄

    Main character

    Miyamura is often mistaken for an otaku for his sneaky character. The truth behind his long hair and clothes is to hide his piercings and his excessive amount of tattoos. This is a secret that only Hori and Ishikawa know. Izumi is a very thoughtful kid. He is a person who looks weak but is very strong.

    Japanese voice: Kouki Uchiyama

Supporting characters

  • Tooru Ishikawa 石川透

    Supporting character

    Tooru is friendly with everyone, and has a calm personality. He attends Katagiri Senior Highschool.

    Japanese voice: Seiichirou Yamashita

  • Yuki Yoshikawa 吉川由紀

    Supporting character

    A close friend of Kyouko Hori's who attends the same high school as her.

    Japanese voice: Yurie Kozakai

  • Remi Ayasaki 綾崎レミ

    Supporting character

    A member of the Student Council and she is known as the girlfriend of Kakeru Sengoku who attends Katagiri Senior High School where she is enrolled in class 3-5. She is more of a mascot in the student council, and is shown to do little to no work at all.

    Japanese voice: Mao Ichimichi

  • Shuu Iura 井浦秀

    Supporting character

    He is a friend of Izumi Miyamura and pretty much everyone at school. He has his own way of thinking and always seems excited; he is a colleague from another class.

    Japanese voice: Daiki Yamashita

  • Souta Hori 堀創太

    Supporting character

    Kyouko's young brother. He sees Kyouko as a motherly figure because she has been the one taking care of him since he was born because of the nature of their parents' work. In the beginning of the story, he is brought back to the Hori household by Izumi after he had fallen down on the street.

    Japanese voice: Yuka Terasaki

  • Yuuna Okuyama 奥山有菜

    Supporting character

    Yunna is a classmate of Souta. She bullies him but actually really likes him. Kyoko Hori is her role model.

    Japanese voice: Aoi Koga

  • Reiko Terajima 寺島玲子

    Supporting character

    She is a chemistry teacher at Katagiri High School and the homeroom teacher of class 3-1.

    Japanese voice: Hana Satou

  • Shin Yasuda 安田真

    Supporting character

    He is one of the supporting characters for Horimiya. Yasuda loves high school girls and makes no attempt to hide this either. However, he never actually touches any of the girls, just acts overly friendly towards them and overly cold towards the guys.

    Japanese voice: Kenjirou Tsuda

  • Kakeru Sengoku 仙石翔

    Supporting character

    He is the charismatic president of the student council of Katagiri Senior High School who is enrolled in class 3-3, the childhood friend of Kyouko Hori and the boyfriend of Remi Ayasaki.

    Japanese voice: Nobuhiko Okamoto

  • Sakura Kouno 河野桜

    Supporting character

    She is the vice-president of the student council. She is very competent and often does​ support work.

    Japanese voice: Reina Kondou

  • Akane Yanagi 柳明音

    Supporting character

    He is a 3rd year at Katagiri High School​ and a member of Hori and Miyamura's regular group of friends. He is enrolled in class 3-6. He has very bad eyesight and cannot see properly without his glasses.

    Japanese voice: Jun Fukuyama

  • Daiki Mizouchi 溝内大樹

    Supporting character

    He is one of Hori and Miyamura's classmates. He attends the same school and is enrolled in the same class, 3-1.

    Japanese voice: Haruki Ishiya

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